You cannot create ESXi users with the vSphere Web Client. You must log directly into the host with the vSphere Client to create ESXi users.

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Click the Local Users & Groups tab and click Users.

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Right-click the user and click Edit to open the Edit User dialog box.

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Enter a login, a user name, and a password.

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Do not create a user named ALL. Privileges associated with the name ALL might not be available to all users in some situations. For example, if a user named ALL has Administrator privileges, a user with ReadOnly privileges might be able to log in to the host remotely. This is not the intended behavior.

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Specifying the user name and UID are optional.

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Create a password that meets the length and complexity requirements. The host checks for password compliance using the default authentication plug-in, pam_passwdqc.so. If the password is not compliant, the following error appears: A general system error occurred: passwd: Authentication token manipulation error.